Do Fighters Game Rule Sets?
Do competitors try to hand snipe their way to victory all the time? Or do they only do so when the rules don’t favor deep targets?
Stats
Can I Hit That?
Have you ever wondered what your chance was of winning an exchange against Sean Franklin? Look no further than “Can I Hit That?”, a fun new tool for looking at your probability of winning exchanges against your HEMA friends!
What Is The Biggest NA HEMA Tournament Of 2022?
Watch me explain why simple questions are never so simple.
WTF: Women’s Tournament Forecasting
Sean told me one day “I want a ‘Should you run a women’s tournament?’ calculator.” Being the people pleaser I am, of course I’m going to try my hand at it.
What Is A Normal HEMA Rating?
This is an article about populations and distributions, but to be honest you’re going to read to see if you’re above or below the average rating.
Combat Con 2022: Why Sample Size Matters
Combat Con 2022 had a hot take on how to run a longsword tournament: eliminate self-selection of skill level and, instead, have people fight in preliminary pools to get placed into different tiers based on their performance. Let’s see if that worked out the way it was intended.
Doing A Double-Take At Predicting Doubles
It didn’t work before, but I tried some new things to predict doubles. Could this be the success I have been looking for?
Double, Double Toil and Trouble with Predictive Modeling
Time to take a stab at predicting doubles. How successful will this be?
A Gentle Introduction to Predictive Modeling: HEMA Edition
Predictive modeling can be a very complex topic, but I’ll take it easy on you and give you some fun HEMA-related examples!
HEY! Where the HEMA Women At?: A Graphical Analysis of Women’s Tournaments and Participation
Ever wonder about the prevalence of women competitors and tournaments tailored for them at events? Well, we’re going to take a little dive into the fHEMAle world now.